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1.1     ! root        1: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
        !             2: .TH POSTDMD 1
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: .B postdmd
        !             5: \- PostScript translator for
        !             6: .SM DMD
        !             7: bitmap files
        !             8: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             9: \*(mBpostdmd\f1
        !            10: .OP "" options []
        !            11: .OP "" files []
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .B postdmd
        !            14: translates
        !            15: .SM DMD
        !            16: bitmap
        !            17: .IR files ,
        !            18: as produced by
        !            19: .BR dmdps ,
        !            20: or
        !            21: .I files
        !            22: written in the Ninth Edition
        !            23: .BR bitfile (9.5)
        !            24: format
        !            25: into PostScript and writes the results on the
        !            26: standard output.
        !            27: If no
        !            28: .I files
        !            29: are specified, or if
        !            30: .OP \-
        !            31: is one of the input
        !            32: .IR files ,
        !            33: the standard input is read.
        !            34: The following
        !            35: .I options
        !            36: are understood:
        !            37: .TP 0.75i
        !            38: .OP \-b num
        !            39: Pack the bitmap in the output file using
        !            40: .I num
        !            41: byte patterns.
        !            42: A value of 0 turns off all packing of the output file.
        !            43: By default
        !            44: .I num
        !            45: is 6.
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .OP \-c num
        !            48: Print
        !            49: .I num
        !            50: copies of each page.
        !            51: By default only one copy is printed.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .OP \-f
        !            54: Flip the sense of the bits in
        !            55: .I files
        !            56: before printing the bitmaps.
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .OP \-m num
        !            59: Magnify each logical page by the factor
        !            60: .IR num .
        !            61: Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
        !            62: which by default is located at the center of
        !            63: each page.
        !            64: The default magnification is 1.0.
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .OP \-n num
        !            67: Print
        !            68: .I num
        !            69: logical pages on each piece of paper,
        !            70: where
        !            71: .I num
        !            72: can be any positive integer.
        !            73: By default
        !            74: .I num
        !            75: is set to 1.
        !            76: .TP
        !            77: .OP \-o list
        !            78: Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
        !            79: .IR list .
        !            80: The list contains single numbers
        !            81: .I N
        !            82: and ranges
        !            83: .IR N1\-\|N2 .
        !            84: A missing
        !            85: .I N1
        !            86: means the lowest numbered page, a missing
        !            87: .I N2
        !            88: means the highest.
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .OP \-p mode
        !            91: Print
        !            92: .I files
        !            93: in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP
        !            94: .IR mode .
        !            95: Only the first character of
        !            96: .I mode
        !            97: is significant.
        !            98: The default
        !            99: .I mode
        !           100: is \*(mBportrait\fP.
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .OP \-u
        !           103: Disables much of the unpacking for Eighth
        !           104: Edition bitmap files.
        !           105: Usually results in smaller output files that take longer to print.
        !           106: Not a recommended option.
        !           107: .TP
        !           108: .OP \-x num
        !           109: Translate the origin
        !           110: .I num
        !           111: inches along the positive x axis.
        !           112: The default
        !           113: coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
        !           114: center of the page, with positive
        !           115: x to the right and positive y up the page.
        !           116: Positive
        !           117: .I num
        !           118: moves everything right.
        !           119: The default offset is 0 inches.
        !           120: .TP
        !           121: .OP \-y num
        !           122: Translate the origin
        !           123: .I num
        !           124: inches along the positive y axis.
        !           125: Positive
        !           126: .I num
        !           127: moves everything up the page.
        !           128: The default offset is 0.
        !           129: .TP
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .OP \-L file
        !           132: Use
        !           133: .I file
        !           134: as the PostScript prologue.
        !           135: .br
        !           136: The default is
        !           137: .MR \*(dQ/postdmd.ps .
        !           138: .PP
        !           139: Three options allow insertion of arbitrary PostScript
        !           140: at controlled points in the translation process:
        !           141: .TP 0.75i
        !           142: .OP \-C file
        !           143: Copy
        !           144: .I file
        !           145: to the output file;
        !           146: .I file
        !           147: must contain legitimate PostScript.
        !           148: .TP
        !           149: .OP \-P string
        !           150: Include
        !           151: .I string
        !           152: in the output file;
        !           153: .I string
        !           154: must be legitimate PostScript.
        !           155: .TP
        !           156: .OP \-R action
        !           157: Requests special
        !           158: .I action
        !           159: (e.g.,
        !           160: .MR manualfeed )
        !           161: on a per page or global basis.
        !           162: The
        !           163: .I action
        !           164: string can be given as
        !           165: .IR request,
        !           166: .IM request : page\f1\|,
        !           167: or
        !           168: .IM request : page : file\f1\|.
        !           169: If
        !           170: .I page
        !           171: is omitted or given as 0, the request applies to all pages.
        !           172: If
        !           173: .I file
        !           174: is omitted, the request lookup is done in
        !           175: .MR \*(dQ/ps.requests .
        !           176: .PP
        !           177: Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page, and each of the input
        !           178: .I files
        !           179: must contain complete descriptions of at least one bitmap.
        !           180: Decreasing the pattern size using the
        !           181: .OP \-b
        !           182: option may help throughput on printers with fast processors
        !           183: (e.g., \s-1PS\s+1-810),
        !           184: while increasing the pattern size will often be the right move
        !           185: on older models
        !           186: (.e.g, \s-1PS\s+1-800).
        !           187: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           188: A 0 exit status is returned if
        !           189: .I files
        !           190: were successfully processed.
        !           191: .br
        !           192: .ne 4v
        !           193: .SH FILES
        !           194: .MW \*(dQ/postdmd.ps
        !           195: .br
        !           196: .MW \*(dQ/forms.ps
        !           197: .br
        !           198: .MW \*(dQ/ps.requests
        !           199: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           200: .BR dpost (1),
        !           201: .BR postdaisy (1),
        !           202: .BR postio (1),
        !           203: .BR postmd (1),
        !           204: .BR postprint (1),
        !           205: .BR postreverse (1),
        !           206: .BR posttek (1)

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